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Friday, September 11, 2009

Ilwaco Art Walk

Thanks to an invitation from Stephanie, I spent several hours after work at the Ilwaco Art Walk yesterday evening. The Port of Ilwaco is in Washington, across the Columbia River from Astoria, Oregon, and a few miles downriver. It's a picturesque port for fishing boats and pleasure boats (but mostly private fishing boats by the look of it), and that's the direction in which I pointed my camera. On the other side of this walkway is a row of small art galleries and a few restaurants, some with lounges. The last art walk of the season sponsors a beach cean-up, and there was a drawing for prizes for those visiting all of the participating locations and getting your card stamped. It was quite festive, and the weather was perfect, provided you remembered to bring a light (?) jacket. Wine and snacks were offered by most of the galleries and shops, music was played at a few, and a good time seemed to be had by all. We ended up having appetizers at Pelicano's, and the local fried oysters on a bed of creamed corn were fantastic.

I will definitely have to come up to your park again. It would be such a treat to see turtles in the wild! I've seen them once or twice, but it's been awhile, and not around here. I wonder what kind they are. The only western native freshwater turtles I can remember are California Pond Turtles. I wonder if they're non-native, or ??? I love the colors in the water. This is a wonderful photo!

Your description is delicious...and that includes the food and the area and the Art Walk. It would seem hard to beat such a beautiful community, the galleries, the wine and goodies and the food! Oh, yes, the weather, too. No jacket weather here for a few weeks, anyway.

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Astoria is a town of 10,000 people situated on the lower Columbia River in northwestern Oregon about 10 miles from the Pacific. This blog was started by Sheryl Todd (tapirgal) on April 23, 2009, to share photos of our wonderful area. On February 5, 2013, Cyndi Mudge took over so tapirgal could move on to other projects.